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W. J. MOORE. DBTAGHABLE BUTTON.

No. 531,466. Patented Dec. 25, 1894.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. l

WILLIAM J. MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CYRUS -A. HOUGHTON, OF SAME PLACE.

`D ETACHABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,4 66, dated December 25, 1834.

v Application tiled January 29.1894. Serial No. 498,846. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: R

I Se it known that I, WILLIAM J. MOORE, a citlzen of the United States, residing at 'Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi` nois, have invented a certain new and useful l .Improvement in Detachable Buttons, which 1s fullyset forth in the following specification,

reference being had `t0 Athe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l, is a top -or plan view of my detachable button. Fig. 2, is a vertical, sectional view, takenat the line 2-2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, is a horizontal, sectional view, taken at the line 3-3, Fig. 2, looking downward.

My invention relates to the class of buttons which can be attached to garments without the use of needle and thread, and can be detached and again attached without injury to the button or the attaching devices.

My-invention consists in the devices and combination ,of devices hereinafter fully described and made the subject matter of the claim.

In the accompanying` drawings, A, represents the under plate of a metallic button to which' is a downwardly projecting tube, B, attached, there being anopening through the tube and through the center base-plate A. Thel tube B serves as a lateral support to the stem of the button when the stem passes through the tube and is locked therein, as hereinafter described.

C, is the face-plate of the button which may be stamped in any of the well-known forms for making buttons. The edges of this faceplate C are swaged over the edges ot the baseplate A, as clearly shown in Fig.y 2; but I do not limit myself;I to any particular configuration of the face-plate, and it may be connected to thebase or bottom-plate of the button in any of the Well-known ways of making buttons.

D, is a metal spring, which I preferably make of one piece,\cut in the form clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. YOne end of this spring is provided with a recess or notch E, which its under the shoulder made'on' the stem of the button, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The spring D lits inthe space between the front or face-plate C of the button, and the base plate A, and there is attached to this spring a pin, F, one end of which projects through a slot, G, in vthe. button, Where it is accessible to be used to press the spring back, relieving it from under the shoulder in the stem of the button when the stem can be readily removed from the head ot the button and from the garment.

H, is the stem of the button, provided with a pointed head Iand an annularshoulder, J. This stem is attached to a plat-e or shoe, K, in any of thetwell-known methods of attachment for such pieces of metal.

The user'of the button rst presses the stem H of the button through the cloth of the garment to which the button is to be attached, the pointed head I of thisstern making its own hole vthrough the cloth. The tube B is then placed over the pointed head of thevbutton, and by pressing the head ot' the button down on the stem, thispointed head I forces the one end of the spring D back until itv reaches the shoulder of the stem, when the end of the spring passes under this shoulder, the notch E fitting partly around the neck of the stem under the shoulder and locking the stem H of the button to the head of the button. The tube B of the button serves to brace the stem H and keep the button well in lfrom the garment, a person presses the pin F back in the slot G, throwing the spring D back from under the shoulder .I of the stem H Whenthe button-head is readily removed from the stem and the stem from the ganment. Y

It will be observed that my button is cheaply made, consisting of few parts, and can be readily attached to and removed from garments. The spring D is a simple spring, and is held in place between the parts which form the head of the button, fitting against the periphery of the chamber in the head of the button throughout part of its length, but is so constructed that it is thrown'forward partially over the opening in the tube B when in its normal position, andthe pin F passing through a slot G in the button serves tolkeep it in place so that the point. of the head on the stem of the button will always enter the notch Erin the spring when the button is IOO being attached to the garment, and the head will force the spring back until the shoulder on the stein of the button passes the spring, when the tension of the spring throws it forward under the shoulder on the stem of the button.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In a detachable button, the button-head composed of a face-plate and a back plate, the back or base-plate being provided with a tube for laterally supporting the stem of the button; a spring located in the head of the button, one end projecting over the tube of the back or base-plate of the head; apin attached to said spring nearlits free end and projecting through a slot in the head of the button for throwing the spring back; a button stem rigidly attached to the shoe 0f the button, and provided with a pointed head Which penetrates the cloth, and a recess `forming a shoulder at the base of the pointed 

